(33 in Brazil cited 1986)[1] 15 in Suriname (2001)
Language family
Cariban
Parukotoan
Sikiana–Salumá?
Sikiana
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Either: sik – Shikuyana (Sikiana) kbb – Warikyana (Kaxuiâna)
Glottolog
siki1239 Sikiana kaxu1237 Kaxuiâna paux1235 Pauxi
ELP
Shikuyana
Katxúyana[2]
Sikiana, or Kashuyana (also called Chikena, Chiquena, Chiquiana, Shikiana, Sikiâna, Sikïiyana, Xikiyana, Xikujana[3]) is a Carib language that was spoken by 33 people in Brazil and 15 people in Suriname. It was spoken in Venezuela at one time and is now probably extinct there. The Warikyana dialect became extinct around 2000, and the language frequently goes by the name of the surviving dialect, Sikiana.
^Shikuyana (Sikiana) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) Warikyana (Kaxuiâna) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^Endangered Languages Project data for Katxúyana.
^"Ethnologue: Sikiana". Ethnologue: Languages of the World. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
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